SOLIDTHINKING ACTIVATE 2017: SIMULATION & MODEL BASED DEVELOPMENT

solidThinking Activate enables product creators, system simulation and control engineers to model, simulate and optimize multi-disciplinary systems. By leveraging model based development, ensure that all design requirements are successfully met while also identifying system level problems early in the design process.

See how Ankers performed Co-simulation using a combined multibody and brake systems model in Altair MotionView and solidThinking Activate here.

BENEFITS OF SOLIDTHINKING ACTIVATE

Improve Mechatronics System Performance

Simulate and improve the dynamic behavior of any multi-disciplinary system using Activate. Activate makes it easy to model, simulate and validate smart systems where users can incorporate functions of sensing, actuation and control coming from diverse components such as Electrical, Mechanical, Hydraulics and Controls

Efficiently Design For Robustness

Model based development using Activate provides an efficient approach for establishing a common framework for communication throughout the design process. Perform what-if analyses at the system level to quickly test several designs and investigate the interactions of all components in a system

Gain Functional Insight Early

Identify system level issues at the concept design stage. Simply drag and drop blocks that specify the functional definition of the system and provide directional insight. Simulate the model within seconds!

CAPABILITIES OF SOLIDTHINKING ACTIVATE

Modeling and Simulation

Build Diagrams IntuitivelyMultiple window configuration with the ability to modify diagrams between windows using the drag-and-drop and copy-and-paste operations. Support for concurrent loading of multiple models in a session.

Multi-Disciplinary ModelingReal-world systems are multi-domain in nature. Activate allows users to model and simulate the combined system behavior of real world systems with support for multiple domains such as Mechanical, Electrical and so on.

Hierarchical & Parametric ModelingBuild hierarchical component-based models of the real world system using signal based and physical modeling libraries.

Mix Signal-based and Modelica BlocksBuild hierarchical component-based models of the real world system using signal based and physical modeling libraries.

Block Library and Management

Built-in extensive block library

Physical Component Modeling Using Modelica

Create Super Blocks

Built-in Extensive Block Library
Beyond 200 pre-defined blocks available in a library system of palettes. Easily extensible. Support for custom blocks using C or math scripts.

Physical Component Modeling Using ModelicaEasily extend the capability of Activate using Modelica. A better way to model physical components is to use implicit blocks in which the behavior of the blocks is specified through symbolic equations. Modelica, which is a standard in component level modeling is supported natively in Activate for acausal modeling.

Create Super Blocks
When modeling large or complex systems, easily create super blocks by encapsulating multiple blocks in a diagram into a single block. Super blocks are modular, reusable, can be masked and fundamentally behave like regular blocks allowing users more flexibility.

Super Blocks to C-blocks

Library Management

Super Blocks to C-blocks
With just a few clicks, Activate users can also convert super blocks to C-blocks!

Library Management
Easily create components and assemble custom applications. Use Activate’s library manager to create and edit custom libraries. Activate also provides an IDE along with API functions for users to further leverage library management.

Optimization and Co-simulation

Model Exchange and Co-simulation via Functional Mock-up Interface (FMI)
Activate supports the FMI 2.0 standard for both model exchange and co-simulation of dynamic models. Further, Activate also allows import and export of FMU (Functional Mock-up Unit). FMUs can be used in context to model exchange or co-simulation.

Co-simulation with Multi-body Dynamics
The co-simulation interface lets users simulate a complex system that includes a multi-body system (MBS) and one or more control subsystems. In order to effectively simulate the entire system, the MBS is simulated with Multi-body Dynamics solver while the control subsystem is simulated with solidThinking Activate.

Model Exchange and Co-simulation via Functional Mock-up Interface (FMI)Activate supports the FMI 2.0 standard for both model exchange and co-simulation of dynamic models. Further, Activate also allows import and export of FMU (Functional Mock-up Unit). FMUs can be used in context to model exchange or co-simulation.

Co-simulation with Multi-body Dynamics
The co-simulation interface lets users simulate a complex system that includes a multi-body system (MBS) and one or more control subsystems. In order to effectively simulate the entire system, the MBS is simulated with Multi-body Dynamics solver while the control subsystem is simulated with solidThinking Activate.